Holmes Association Approves New Safety Award
The Joseph A Holmes Safety Association authorized a lapel pin award at its April 27, 1954 meeting to recognize 20 and 30 years of lost-time accident free service in the mineral industries. Silver pins for 20 years and gold pins for 30 years will be issued by employers at cost with replicas for hats.
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Sam A. Holmes Safety Associaion
Homes Organization
Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association
The
State Departments of Mines
Safety Department
National Coal Association
Harry Gandy Jr
Holmes Board of
Walter Wilson dies in local hospital
Walter Wilson of Pemberton died Monday evening in a local hospital. The body has been moved to the C. D. Trent Funeral Home and will remain there pending funeral arrangements.
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Walter Wilson
Pemberton
C. D. Trent Funeral Home
Mount Tabor meet barbecue funds Commission
The Mount Tabor Country Life Commission will hold a barbecue at 6 p.m. today on the elementary school grounds to raise funds for its operating fund. The Lester Town Council will meet in regular session at 7 30 p.m. today in the Lester Town Hall per Mayor Glen P. Daniel announcement.
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MT. Tabor
Mount Tabor
Lester
Lester Town Hall
Glen P. Daniel
August building value in Beckley rises sharply
Beckley shows August building value at 61 850 dollars, nearly 2.5 times August 1953. Post office receipts fell to 17 191 dollars from 19 544 last year. Nearby towns report varied sums in bank debits and local activity as reports from the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce detail changes. Two Beckley residents pass exams to become resident insurance agents. Morris Hochman and Louis Wolman will receive licenses on Sept. 14.
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Beckley
West Virginia
Hinton
Mount Hope
Oak Hill
Wyoming County
Former Beckley aide visits hometown city
George A. Bentley, former head of Beckley Chamber of Commerce, now executive secretary of the Middleboro Chamber of Commerce in Kentucky, was in Beckley on Monday for a brief visit. Since taking his post in January he helped attract a new industry to Middleboro employing several hundred people.
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George A. Bentley
Beckley
Sophia Mabscott Councils to Meet Tonight
Labor Day delays push back Sophia and Mabscott town council meetings to 7:30 p.m. today. Sophia Town Hall will host the Sophia Town Council led by town recorder W. W. Withrow. Mabscott Town Council also meets at 7:30 p.m. in Mabscott Town Hall per town recorder Paige Cook.
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Sophia
Mabscott
W. W. Withrow
Town Recorder
Sophia Town
Sophia Town Hall
Mabscott Town
Mabscott Town Hall
Paige Cook
Hatcher Funeral Set Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Netti Margaret Hatcher 66 of Glen Morgan will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home Chapel with Elder A G Nichols officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park. She died at 9 08 a.m. Monday at her daughter’s home in Ashland Kentucky where she had been visiting for a month after several months of illness. Born April 28 1888 in Surveyor she was the daughter of A T and Mary Trail Thompson both deceased. She married Aaron Hatcher November 20 1907. he died April 12 1952. She was a member of Zion Primitive Baptist Church of Beckley. Surviving: another daughter Mrs James O Harvey of Edgewood Maryland. three sisters Mrs Ettie Lilly Shady Spring Mrs Addie Belle Mann Beaver and Mrs Watson Clark Quinwood. three brothers J D Thompson Bos tonia California Wellie and Thomas Thompson Mount View. five grandchildren. The body will lie in state at the funeral home until the hour. Pallbearers named.
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Netti Margaret Hatcher
Glen Morgan
Quesenberry
Surveyor
A. T
Mary Trail Thompson
Aaron Hatcher
Zion Primitive Baptist Church
Beckley
Gravely
James O. Harvey
Edgewood
Ettie Lilly
Shady Spring
Addie Belle Mann
Beaver
Watson Clark
Quinwood
J. D. Thompson
Bostonia
Calif
Wellie
Thomas Thompson
Mount View
Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home
J. B. Hatcher
Chester Marshall
L. P. Jackson
George W. Clemson
Joseph A. Lilly
H. C. Gunter
Homer H.withrow, and
Ernest C. Harvey
Last Rites Planned for Mrs Louise Moore Hubard
Last rites for Mrs Louise Moore Hubard of Hampton Virginia, formerly Beckley, will be at 2 20 p m today at Beckley Presbyterian Church conducted by Dr J W Witherspoon. Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Park. She died Friday morning at the Veterans Administration Hospital. She was employed by the VA at Kecoughton Hampton. Pallbearers named are James Edmundson Sybil Weatherford William Sutphin Robert McLean and Glen Shanklin.
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Louise Moore Hubard
Hampton, Va
Beckley
Beckley *Presbyterian Church
J W. Witherspoon
Sunset Memorial Park
Hubard
Veterans Administration Hospital
Veterans Administration
Kecoughton
Hampton
James Edmundson
Sybil Weatherford
William Sutphin
Robert McLean
Glen Shanklin
No Highway Fatalities Across Raleigh County During Labor Day
Raleigh County records show no highway deaths during the Labor Day weekend with Beckley and nearby towns reporting heavy car volume yet few injuries. At Raleigh General and Beckley Hospitals staff noted limited accident cases, including several high school football players treated for chest lacerations and head injuries, plus minor injuries to children and workers from a fall and a broken bottle incident.
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Beckley
Raleigh General Hospital
Beckley Hospital
Woodrow Wilson High School
Stoco High School
Joe Tolley
Herbert Tolley
Crescent St
Buddy Mahoney
Irvin Mahoney
Temple St
James Farley
Leslie W. Farley
Coal City
Farley
Cora Frances Stoots
Eccles
Prosperity Dry Hill Fair Grounds Prep Mar 9 1930s
Members of the Prosperity Dry Hill Country Life Commission spent Labor Day laboring on the grounds to be used for the upcoming Prosperity Dry Hill Fair. They mowed, raked, set lamp poles, and marked a parking area at the T. N. Thurman residence site near Maxwell Hill and Dry Hill roads. A planning meeting was set for 7 30 p m at the Thurman home.
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T. N. Thurman
Maxwell Hill
Dry Hill
Prosperity Dry Hill Country Life Commission
Thurman
Family Fight Ends With $85 In Fines
A family fracas near Abraham on Sunday left Bert Clifford Plumley fined 25 and costs for assault on his father Clifford Plumley after the maiming charge against Bert was dropped. Clifford Plumley was fined 50 and costs for intoxicated public place offenses, while Harry Plumley received 10 and costs. The four men were arraigned before Magistrate Ted Kessinger. Constable C. O. Smith led the investigation.
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Abraham Sunday
Bobby
Bert Clifford Plumley
Clifford Plumley
Harry Plumley
Ted Kessinger
C. O. Smith
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West Virginia Turnpike
J. D. McLean
Philco Corporation
Malden Mountain
Lick Knob
Bald Knob
Charleston
Bentley
Ted Mack
PET Mile
Waiteville High School
Waiteville, W. Va
Go Greyhound
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Cleveland
Ohio
Washington
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Pittsburgh
Memphis
Tenn
Richmond, Va
Chicago, Ill
Greyhound
Prince Street
Hatcher
Labor Day
Raleigh County
Carl Smith
Ernest Smith
Doris Ann Green
Raymond Green
Raleigh
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Charles Jones
Russell St
Jones
St.Joseph
Jupiter
Bolero
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